ValentineUK said:
I was not aware that there were that many Dragon Warrior/Final Fantasy games for the NES. Were they released in North America? If so, could you reply with any subtitles if there are any?
Dragon Warrior had four NES titles released in North America, Final Fantasy only had one... FFII and FFIII didn't get english translations until the fan translated ROMs of the late 90s, and no official english language releases until the PSP/DS versions.
Also, if you're counting action/adventure titles like Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia, there are quite a number of precursors to that style of gameplay on the NES (and arguably the entire Legend of Zelda series could be on the list). Hell, Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake are arguably in that genre. Also Star Tropics and Star Tropics 2, which are more RPGish than Zelda, less so than Crystalis.
...and since you listed Brandish on the SNES, I'd say include Brain Lord. Similar genre. Also, Lagoon.
so, if I may propose some additions (with wikipedia links for your approval):
NES:
Crystalis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystalis]
Dragon Warrior II [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warrior_II]
Dragon Warrior III [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warrior_III]
Dragon Warrior IV [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Warrior_IV]
Star Tropics [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTropics]
Star Tropics 2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoda%27s_Revenge:_StarTropics_II]
SNES:
Brain Lord [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Lord]
Lagoon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagoon_(video_game)]
**edit** totally not done here. Will edit in more as I remember 'em
SNES:
Arcana [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcana_(video_game)]
Inindo: Way of the Ninja [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inindo]
Paladin's Quest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladin%27s_Quest]
Robotrek [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotrek]
Terranigma [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terranigma]
*edited out a section, apparently I can't read... or I just expected the list to be grouped by era before platform. Whatever*
also, some of my stuff would just be a vote for something already mentioned.
...it's really hard not to list WRPGs in here, lots of 'em came out in the 16-bit era and they weren't really a separate genre back then. Stuff like the Shadowrun games and D&D games (Pool of Radiance, Warriors of the Eternal Sun) didn't have a separate audience from Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star.